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Reception Class

Hello Early Years,

We hope you have all had a lovely week and have enjoyed learning about ‘The Farm’. We have really enjoyed looking

at the photos you have sent in and are particularly proud to see some of your learning those important life skills, like

tying shoelaces and making lunch! We are all very proud of you, for sticking with home learning and for constantly

surprising us with the amazing work that you produce!

We would also like to say a happy birthday to Miss Raba, even though we couldn’t all see her from a 2m distance, we

have all managed to still stay in contact and make sure she received lots of birthday wishes!

Caroline Bowers Art Award competition Please can you email in photographs of any artwork that you have been working on for the ‘Caroline Bowers Art

Award’ competition. We are all looking forward to seeing what has been created. If you haven’t made any artwork

yet, there are lots of categories you could enter. Act quickly and get your entries in! Please remember to keep your

'actual' pieces of artwork at home until we notify you otherwise.

Sports Day News! We were so sad not to enjoy your first sports day last week, but we have heard a virtual one has been planned by a

parent from Miss Lewis and Miss Owens class. They have asked us to let you know that it will take place virtually on

Friday at 4:30 via zoom and if you would like your child to join in, please email Helen on helby80@hotmail.com and

she can send the information. We hope you have a great time and can’t wait to hear about it.

Here is what your teachers have been up to over the last week:

Mrs Ball has had a very busy week making a cake for her uncle’s birthday. She has been sorting out the garden area

with her husband by planting lots of colourful flowers and now wants to buy a bird bath for the young birds that

have hatched in her conifer trees. She has been enjoying another zoom quiz with her family where they all played

'Who wants to be a Millionaire,' but sadly she didn't win the million! Mrs Ball has been for a walk around Castle Ring

and saw lots of natural treasures such as foxgloves.

Mrs Morris has unfortunately sprained her wrist falling up the stairs, so it’s taking a lot longer to do things! She has

learned very quickly that two hands are better than one! She is fine though and has enjoyed getting out of doing the

washing up . She has saved a bumble bee in the garden, by giving it sugar water. It took him about ten minutes to

drink what he needed, then he got the strength to fly away. She has also been baking again to keep up with the

endless snacks that 2 teenage boys eat at home! She says, ‘Thank you for all of the photos and work and is really

proud of how you are still saying safe at home.’

Mrs Grimsley has been back at school this week with key worker children, she has spent a lot of time outside playing

games and being creative indoors. At home she has taken part in a Friday night quiz with her friends and visited her

parents in their garden to have a chat. She hopes everyone at home is being safe and having fun with their grown-

ups.

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Miss Owen has been continuing to plan lots of exciting home learning activities with Mrs Morris. She has also been

doing some home workouts, walking her dog in the park and running around her local area. Running in the rain is

actually quite fun and refreshing! She has also started to make a lockdown scrapbook as she thought this would be a

great memory to look back on in years to come. Why don’t you make a scrapbook too? What have you all been up

to? She misses you all lots and enjoys seeing your photographs.

Mr Ferguson has been on lots of nice bike rides this week! He has also been supporting Jake with some home

learning. He found the Maths a bit tricky! He has picked strawberries that have grown in his greenhouse and they

tasted beautiful and sweet. He says, ‘Please Take care and stay safe.’

Miss Lewis enjoyed having her first Mcdonalds since it reopened, even though she did have to wait for an hour! She

has enjoyed being in school with her new key worker group, but she misses her children lots. Miss Lewis would also

like to say a very big thank you to Primrose, who sent her a card through the post. It made her cry happy tears. She

was very busy at the weekend building some new furniture for her son Jack. She hopes you are all ok and would like

to wish a very happy birthday to Oscar, Sheldon and Madelyn, who have had or are due to have a birthday this

month. Take care and keep smiling. See you all soon!

Miss Raba has been in school this week, she has enjoyed spending time with the children of keyworkers. She is still

trying to keep fit and when she gets back from work, she either goes for a run or joins in with PE wit Joe. Miss Raba

also celebrated her birthday this week and was very lucky as Mrs Clark made some delicious lemon drizzle cake to

celebrate. She misses all of you and hopes you are all staying safe and enjoying time at home.

This week’s home learning is all about ‘Pirates & Mermaids’. As usual, please try to do at least one activity from each

section. If you can do more, brilliant! Remember to also do the work on Oak Academy website.

If you would like your work to be celebrated on our school website then send a photograph of it to:

receptionphotographs@fiveways.staffs.sch.uk We have all really enjoyed seeing the photographs of you working

from home, on our school website.

Enjoy your home learning and stay safe,

The Early Years Team

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Exploring Pirates and Mermaids (please read the whole document before making as each area of learning is

focused on a different part of the project) Areas of learning:

Early learning Goal:

Task/Activity:

Expressive Art

and Design: Exploring and using media

and materials

Being imaginative

Children sing

songs, make

music and dance, and

experiment with ways of

changing them. They

safely use

and explore a variety of

materials, tools and

techniques,

experimenting with colour,

design, texture, form

and function.

Children use

what they have learnt

about media

and materials

Here are a few ideas. Please choose a few to complete using the resources you have at home

Make a paper plate Create a pirate flag pirate

Create a mermaid

Reception Home Project!

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in original ways, thinking

about uses and purposes.

They represent their

own ideas,

thoughts and feelings

through design and

technology,

art, music, dance, role

play and stories

Make a telescope or Createa a ‘CD fish’ binoculors Deep blue sea song – can you learn this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCPJhybHBkA

Personal,

Social and Emotional Development:

Self-confidence and self-awareness

Children are

confident to

try new activities and

say why they like some

activities

more than others. They

are confident to speak in a

familiar group, will

talk about

their ideas, and will

choose the resources they

need for their

chosen activities.

They say when they do

or don’t need help.

Talk to your adult about the things you treasure and why? Is it a favourite toy?

Could is be a relative? Ask your adult to share their treasures with you too!

Communication and Language: Listening

Understanding

Children listen

attentively in a range of

situations.

They listen to stories,

accurately anticipating

key events and respond

to what they

Make a Paper pirate hat by listening carefully to your adult reading the instructions

(see attachment How to Make a Pirate Hat)

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hear with relevant

comments, questions or

actions. They give their

attention to

what others say and

respond appropriately,

while engaged

in another activity. Children follow

instructions

involving several ideas

or actions. They answer

‘how’ and ‘why’

questions

about their experiences

and in response to

stories or

events

Physical development: Moving and

Handling

Children show good control

and co-ordination in

large and

small movements.

They move confidently in

a range of

ways, safely negotiating

space. They handle

equipment and tools

effectively,

including pencils for

writing.

Can you: Walk the plank? If you haven’t got a plank, just draw a straight line with a

piece of chalk / or use string / wool. Can you find a variety of ways to ‘walk’

the plank? Hop? Go backwards? Sideways?

‘We are the pirates’ song- can you dance and sing to this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx79dLuqPwQ

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Literacy: Reading

Children read and

understand simple

sentences. They use

phonic

knowledge to decode

regular words and read

them aloud

accurately. They also

read some common

irregular words. They

demonstrate

understanding when talking

with others about what

they have

read.

Singing Mermaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KznvI5gnnvQ Pirates love underpants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd8_Y1bEzA8 Can you spot the tricky words: Phase 2: I, the, go, no, to, into

Phase 3: he, she, we, me, be, they, you, all, are, my, her, was

Phase 4: have, like, so, do, some, come, said, were, there, little, one, when, what, out

Make sure they read bug club too! There are lots of books on there.

Literacy: Writing

Children use their phonic

knowledge to write words in

ways which

match their spoken

sounds. They also write

some irregular

common words. They

write simple sentences

which can be read by

themselves

and others. Some words

are spelt correctly, and

others are

phonetically plausible.

Choose at least two of the following to complete:

Can you make a missing poster for the ‘Singing mermaid’?

Write 3 clues for a treasure hunt. Can

your adult find the treasure that you have hidden?

Can you draw a picture of Sam Sly and then write a few sentences (or words using your phonics) to describe him?

Design a wanted poster for Sam Sly or a Pirate

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Write a message in a bottle

Mathematics: Number

Children count reliably

with numbers from one to

20, place

them in order and say

which number is one more

or one less

than a given number. Using

quantities and objects,

they add and subtract two

single-digit

numbers and count on or

back to find the answer.

They solve

problems, including

doubling, halving and

sharing.

Practise when you add with a pirate song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_wvvEvkw4

Using 1p coins around the house can you solve simple addition and subtraction sentences?

Pirate dot to dots: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-a-004-dot-to-dot-sheets-pirates Coin rubbing Using coins around the house, use a wax crayon and piece of paper to rub over the coin. How many ways can you make 5p using

only 1p and 2p coins? What about 10p?

Can you practise double numbers? Double 1 Double 2 Double 3 Double 4 Double 5

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Mathematics: Shape, Space and Measure

Children use everyday

language to talk about

size, weight, capacity,

position,

distance, time and money to

compare quantities

and objects

and to solve problems.

They recognise,

create and describe

patterns. They

explore characteristics

of everyday objects and

shapes and

use mathematical

language to describe

them.

Can you create a pirate ship using 2D shapes?

Can you build a pirate ship using 3d shapes around the house? This can be as big or small as you would like it to be. Discuss all the shapes you

see with an adult. Can you describe the shapes?

Sorting treasure- collect

a variety of ‘treasure’ from around your house. These could be sweet wrappers, coins, pebbles, shells, gems etc. Can you sort your treasure into 3 different groups? It can be any way you want to.

Are there different ways to sort your

treasure?

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Understanding the World: The World

Children know about

similarities and

differences in relation to

places,

objects, materials and

living things. They talk

about the

features of their own

immediate environment

and how environments

might vary

from one another. They

make observations

of animals

and plants and explain

why some things occur

and talk

about changes.

What kind of material is waterproof?

Ever wondered what makes your raincoat a 'rain' coat?

Using a variety of materials, can you find out which one is the most waterproof? Dip some materials in water – do they stay dry? Why do you think they stay dry?

Watch the clip to find out how to do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSs0ogUUqdM or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kauDngXyh3Y

Understanding the World: People and communities

Children talk

about past and present

events in

their own lives and in

the lives of family

members. They know

that other

children don’t always enjoy

the same things and

are sensitive

to this. They know about

similarities and

differences

between

Have you ever been on boat or ship? Can you remember it? Tell your adult all about. If you haven’t been on a boat / ship, what do you think it would be like? What do you think

you would see? What would you like to see?

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themselves and others,

and among families,

communities, and

traditions.

Understanding the World: Technology

Children

recognise that a range of

technology is used in

places such

as homes and schools. They

select and use

technology for

particular purposes.

Can you use paint / drawing program, to create a pirate ship, pirate, or mermaid?

Home learning challenge: Can you bake pirate cookies?

Challenge science activities: (See attached Pirate Science)